Definition for Flattering:

• Pleasing to pride or vanity; partial.

Synonyms for Flattering:

• adj.

  •flattering (adjective)
  • fawning,
  • kowtowing,
  • adulating,
  • Cajoling,
  • complimentary,
  • Idolizing.
  •fulsome (adjective)
  • insincere.
  •honeyed (adjective)
  • honeyed.
  •laudatory (adjective)
  • favorable,
  • eulogistic,
  • panegyrical,
  • encomiastic.

• n.

  •
  • appealing,
  • delightful,
  • captivating,
  • stunning,
  • nice-looking,
  • knockout,
  • lovely,
  • eye-catching,
  • adorable,
  • beguiling.
  •
  • exhilarating,
  • good,
  • joyous,
  • cheerful,
  • uplifting,
  • satisfying,
  • heartwarming,
  • beautiful,
  • life-affirming,
  • attractive,
  • joyful,
  • pleasing.
  •
  • congratulatory,
  • glowing.
  •flattering (noun)
  • becoming.
  •flattery (noun)
  • cajolery,
  • sycophancy,
  • soft words,
  • obsequiousness.

• v.

  •flattering (verb)
  • Extolling,
  • Glorifying,
  • complimenting.
  •imitating (verb)
  • pretending,
  • portraying,
  • replicating,
  • mocking,
  • copying,
  • Resembling,
  • miming,
  • Simulating,
  • Duplicating,
  • Emulating,
  • Impersonating,
  • feigning,
  • Mimicking,
  • parroting,
  • Counterfeiting,
  • reflecting,
  • echoing,
  • Mirroring,
  • Imitating,
  • Aping,
  • Parodying,
  • Paralleling,
  • repeating.
  •praising (verb)
  • exalting,
  • praising,
  • Endorsing,
  • dignifying,
  • Commending,
  • Recommending,
  • sanctioning,
  • approving,
  • acclaiming,
  • admiring,
  • Applauding,
  • Eulogizing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • glowingly.
  •
  • critical,
  • scornful.
  •laudatory
  • panegyric.
  •Other relevant words:
  • Honey-mouthed,
  • amply,
  • elicit,
  • entreat,
  • greeting,
  • purely,
  • entrap,
  • give hope,
  • regards,
  • respects,
  • suiting,
  • devoir,
  • sweet words,
  • candy,
  • Honey-tongued,
  • love,
  • at all,
  • base,
  • universally,
  • merely,
  • directly,
  • inunction,
  • coax,
  • crouching,
  • clack,
  • every bit,
  • definitely,
  • timeserving,
  • hypocritical,
  • plainly,
  • cringing,
  • menial,
  • certainly,
  • unreservedly,
  • promise,
  • extremely,
  • presentation,
  • ceremonial,
  • uniformly,
  • whole,
  • completely,
  • all,
  • fair words,
  • toadyish,
  • look up,
  • backscratching,
  • hangdog,
  • groveling,
  • subservient,
  • reassure,
  • fairly,
  • appreciative,
  • buoy up,
  • compliment,
  • jollying,
  • frequently,
  • abject,
  • unctuous,
  • argue,
  • parasitic,
  • Enhancing,
  • broadly,
  • starkly,
  • Obeisant,
  • bodily,
  • introduction,
  • altogether,
  • reception,
  • smooth-tongued,
  • Sponging,
  • balm,
  • prideful,
  • kind,
  • entirely,
  • ordinarily,
  • flatly,
  • take heart,
  • salaams,
  • Slobbery,
  • quite,
  • sweet-talking,
  • usually,
  • Sheerly,
  • exclusively,
  • finally,
  • all told,
  • evidently,
  • most,
  • entice,
  • low,
  • vile,
  • Mean-spirited,
  • enthusiastic,
  • collectively,
  • butterscotch,
  • charming,
  • totally,
  • regularly,
  • con,
  • positive,
  • chatter,
  • nil desperandum,
  • very,
  • accueil,
  • Sycophantish,
  • rather,
  • eventually,
  • encourage,
  • gratifying,
  • smooth,
  • largely,
  • fully,
  • soapy,
  • bootlicking,
  • deferential,
  • convince,
  • caressing,
  • roundly,
  • assure,
  • heartily,
  • sorghum,
  • buttery,
  • radically,
  • Soaping,
  • solely,
  • cap-a-pie,
  • indulging,
  • pride,
  • mealy-mouthed,
  • commonly,
  • toffee,
  • submissive,
  • suave,
  • simply,
  • soundly,
  • urbane,
  • subservience,
  • Commendatory,
  • craven,
  • cadge,
  • Blandishing,
  • fondle,
  • sophisticated,
  • salutation,
  • glib,
  • saccharine,
  • regardful,
  • truckling,
  • Fine-spoken,
  • wholly,
  • be content,
  • exactly,
  • thoroughly,
  • cheer,
  • positively,
  • Persuading,
  • coaxing,
  • adoration,
  • Flatting,
  • Throughly,
  • unction,
  • alone,
  • Subserviency,
  • abundant,
  • applesauce,
  • beggarly,
  • slimy,
  • kind regards,
  • generally,
  • utterly,
  • in all,
  • manifestly,
  • cowering,
  • Acclamatory,
  • approbatory,
  • delude,
  • favourable,
  • Blarneying,
  • mean,
  • embolden,
  • on the whole,
  • crawling,
  • caramel,
  • welcome,
  • remembrances,
  • bland,
  • Abord,
  • diametrically,
  • hug oneself,
  • really,
  • gabble,
  • Toad-eating,
  • recognition,
  • cozen,
  • comprehensively,
  • slavish,
  • hold out hope,
  • taffy,
  • apple-polishing,
  • soft-soaping,
  • adulation,
  • Snivelling,
  • inspire hope,
  • dandle,
  • smarmy,
  • oily,
  • servile,
  • Sawder,
  • all the way,
  • copious,
  • deceive,
  • wheedling,
  • richly,
  • clearly,
  • stroking,
  • right,
  • mithai,
  • gushing,
  • coddle,
  • smooth-spoken,
  • apparently,
  • flatter oneself,
  • wheedle,
  • acquiescent,
  • flatter,
  • all in all,
  • brown-nosing,
  • on bended knee,
  • in full,
  • courting,
  • absolutely,
  • ointment,
  • blandishment,
  • blarney,
  • sniveling,
  • in every respect,
  • grovelling,
  • enticing,
  • prostrate,
  • perfectly,
  • butter up,
  • simultaneously,
  • be vain,
  • respectful,
  • duty,
  • Toadying,
  • Flatteringly,
  • puffing,
  • Time-serving,
  • fair-spoken.

Paraphrases for Flattering:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    complimentary.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    gratifying, becoming.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    Flattered.

Antonyms for Flattering:

• adj.

  • all
    unflattering.

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    uncomplimentary.